Dear Abby advises a reader about how to deal with a creature lurking in his lake. DEAR ABBY: I am a senior man living next door to a slightly older woman. We live in lakefront homes and enjoy being ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was my fifth day aboard a boat in the Mediterranean Sea with the ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only NFL team with in-stadium pools. The Jaguars call them "spas," and you need a special ticket to use them during a game. In theory, you could wear swim trunks or a ...

Jason Richmond, Founder and Chief Culture Officer of Ideal Outcomes, Inc. Author of Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership. I often tell a story about competing in an Olympic-style ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Conditions were perfect in July when the Cuyahoga River hosted what has become one its signature events – the Blazing Paddles Paddlefest. More than 300 paddlers took to the river’s ...

After recent tests showed no decrease in the level of a harmful bacteria in a canal that feeds into Offatts Bayou, the city will extend a no-swim advisory that was put in place after sewage overflowed ...

A jaguar, not the one documented in the new study, swims in the Pantanal in Brazil. Sergio Pitamitz / VWPics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images A camera trap documented an adult jaguar that ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

Hundreds took part in a historic swim in the Chicago River on Sunday, according to multiple reports. The Guardian reported the organized swim was the first of its kind in close to 100 years. The ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.